About Tristan
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I am a writer, educator, digital strategist, and equity-inclusion facilitator. I specialize in content marketing strategies for justice-focused leaders and queer-trans Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) training and consulting. My intention is to share this work with an anti-oppression and intersectional lens.
I’m honored to have worked with and supported organizations and clients such as Portland Public Schools, HubSpot, Stanford University’s YogaX program, Northwest Harvest, Accessible Yoga School, Breathe for Change, Williston Northampton School, and so many more.
I was named one of Yoga Journal’s 2021 Game Changers, and I spent several years serving on the Board of Directors at Accessible Yoga before the non-profit dissolved in early 2024.
As a longtime student of social movements and social justice, I believe that marketing can center relationship over transaction, that we can infuse our business growth strategies with our activism, and that we each have a role to play in disrupting oppression—in our marketing and beyond.
Degrees & Certifications
BA Politics & Latin American Studies - UC Santa Cruz, 2005
MA Latin American Studies, focus on Human Rights - University of New Mexico, 2012
200hr Yoga & Social Justice Teacher Training - Portland, OR, 2015
200hr Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training - Portland, OR, 2015
18hr Trauma-informed, Brain-sensitive Yoga Teacher training - Portland, OR, 2016
20hr Training-of-Trainers with Dr. Eli Green & Eliza Davison at the Transgender Training Institute, 2021
300hr Skill in Action Yoga Teacher Training with Michelle C. Johnson - completed August 2023
Immersions & Trainings
Yoga Philosophy Immersion with Diana Hulet at The People’s Yoga, 2016
Yoga Anatomy & Yoga Sequencing Immersions with Todd Jackson, 2017
Embodying Ethics with Michael Stone, 2017
Skill in Action: Yoga & Social Justice Weekend with Michelle C. Johnson, 2018
Introduction to Restorative Justice with Resolutions Northwest, 2020
Race-equity & Yoga with Kenya Budd at the Bhakti Movement Center, 2020
Race & Resilience Year-long Leadership Training with Michelle C. Johnson & Kerri Kelly, 2020
Remembering, Responsibility, Reverence, & Reconciliation Immersion with Michelle C. Johnson, Vivette Jeffries-Logan, & Kerri Kelly, 2020
Digital Allyship 101 & 102 with Monica Cadena, 2020
Digital Campaigns for Social Change with Monica Cadena, 2020
Digital Allyship Intensive with Monica Cadena, 2020
Artful Facilitation Grounded in Racial Equity with Resolutions Northwest, 2020
Race, Gender, & Bias with Rebby Kern, 2020
Decolonizing Gender with Rebby Kern, 2020
Gender Inclusion in Feminist Language with Maybe Burke & the Transgender Training Institute, 2021
Group supervision with Dr. Eli Green at the Transgender Training Institute, 2022
Decolonized Approaches to Facilitation with king yaa & Eri Guajardo Johnson, 2022
Transformative Justice 101 with Mia Mingus, 2023
Ongoing mentorship with Michelle Cassandra Johnson